Rookie RB Sony Michel gained 931 yards on 208 carries during the regular season but a key in this game will be if Michel can pass block against a KC defense that was No.1 in the NFL in QB sacks (52) during the regular season and gets all-pro Eric Berry back off injury at safety.

Patriots are 9-0 at home and 3-5 on the road. Chiefs are 8-1 at home.

KC second year 'WonderBoy" Pat Mahomes (383 of 580, 5,097 yards, 50 TDs, 12 INTs) will try to fire up the 1-2 punch of WR Tyreek Hill (87 catches, 1,479 yards) and TE Travis Kelce (103 catches, 1,336 yards) against a Patriot defense that had 18 interceptions but just 27 QB sacks during the regular season. Watch for Sammy Watkins (40 catches, 519 yards) as well in this game as the Chiefs just don't run much sine they lost rushing leader Kareem Hunt. The Chiefs led the NFL in yards gained (6,910) but Hunt had 1200 of those.

KC's defense gave up 6,400 yards but their defensive line batted down five of Andrew Luck's passes last week in the 31-13 win over the Colts,

The weather Gods must love KC. Six days ago, the forecast was for a high of 11 Sunday which would have favored New England because they can run the ball. . Now the Sunday night forecast is for Mid-20s with light winds. That wont bother Mahomes and his receivers.

Here's two teams that cant stop each other and KC cant run the ball. If I have to make a choice I'll take KC and I'll give the three points.

And not just because the Chiefs are young and fresh and the Pats are old and nasty.

Home field means a lot for pass rushing and KC is very good at that. And Eric Berry is a very good player to be adding for this game..

The over-under on game time: 4 hours, 20 minutes.

The over-under on points: 57.

The over-under on passes by Pat Mahomes: 50

The over-under on defensive holding penalties on the Patriots: one

The over-under on Travis Kelce' McDonalds commercials : 12

The over-under on Chiefs fans thrown show and ice balls at the Patriots: 10

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Is Taking the Pats +3 A Lock considering who the Pats are and their history in Big games?

We could find out very soon in game. If KC adopts the Chargers defensive strategy in last week's game and play Zone and cushion then the Pats will roll to another Super Bowl.

If KC is serious about stopping Brady they will play a similar defensive srategy that the Lions & Titans used against New England. Pressure up the middle with tight man press cover.

I'm going to guess KC's defensive strategy will be similar to the Chargers, I hope I'm wrong tho.

No, if you saw what they did vs the Colts, they are going man coverage vs the pass catchers. That is how the Chiefs and Broncos have beaten the Patriots in the past, that is probably what they will do.

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No, if you saw what they did vs the Colts, they are going man coverage vs the pass catchers. That is how the Chiefs and Broncos have beaten the Patriots in the past, that is probably what they will do.

We hope that's the strategy. But teams often have a brain fart vs pats.

The QB usually gets mentioned first by most people. I have noticed the media mentions Chris Ballard a lot though. I still say Ballard is the face of the franchise now. He is the one that does most of the speaking and is building the team. Without Luck here, Ballard is brought up quite a bit.

24-20 Colts win. If we play anything like we did last week we will win. We beat ourselves last week. Rivers and the Chargers are a better team compared to the Titans. We typically own the Titans as well. No silly turnovers or silly penalties we should be in good shape.